The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-02
That One Wanting y0te-Dr.
Young Replies to 81. W.

I'D
"You will be surpris ed when I
ssv that | am glad there was one
vote wanting" Dayton Letter
published in the Freeman of Feb. l,
fSS7, aud signed ~. H."
We know who the writer of the
above is, living at Dayton, Ohio,
and bearing the initials z. w.
He has hitherto been one of our
strongest Temperance advocates,
battling fer submitting g Constitu-
tionsl Amendment to the people
Of West Virginia, prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. Now he says, as
quoted above:
Il am glad there was one vote
wanting" in the Senate of the
State, to submit the question to
the people. And he says, you
will be surprised at it."
Yes, verify We are surprised" at
the apostacy! We are more than
surprised-we are grieved. For q,
". to be glad" of the failure of
what he has been pleading for and
praying for, during all these years,
seems truly astoundingl
But he is not alone in his Joy.
All the liquor dealers are rejoicing
with him, while the Temperance
advocates are exceedingly sorry.
1t is new sight, and a very un-
pleasant one, to look through the
mist and see this new alliance
our brave, earnest, devoted Sub
mission advocate, shaking hands
with the saloon keepers, and con-
graduating them that they have
escaped with the skin of their
teeth"
The present writer is very sorry
to part company with his once no
bic friend and fellow laborer.
But there must be some good
reasons for forsaking the Prohibi-
ton cause. What are they?
Z. W. gives them in the remain
ing sentences of his letter.
l. "The breach is not wide
enough. The Church is too near
the Saloon. The army Of Prohibit
ton needs more training" Ac.
cording to L. WIS own showing,
this training is likely to be in the
wrong direction as "the criminal
class largely control elections, and
in ten years will do so in every
case" He says, "This class is in
oreasing more rapidly in proper
ton than the population" BY
this showing the Legislature of
West Virginia, instead of wanting
one vote of carrying the "Submis-
sion" act will want taoenty in few
years. Will the good brother be
twenty times as glad then as he is
nog? All agree that the people
would now ratify an Amendment
if submitted. Why then is more
training needed ?"
2. The other reason given for be-
ing glad for the defeat is in these
words: "Many protesting Temper
ance men do not nate the saloon
half as much as they hate the
Third Party and this must be
changed before it will be safe to
commence the final battle"
This captains the gladnes8. Tenn
perance men must all go into the
Third Party" or wait till that
party gets the power; and then
TINT party will send down the same
Constitutional Amendment to the
people without its being defiled
with the hands of a Democratic
and Republican Legislature. It
looks good deal as though Z. W.
did mot hate the saloon half as
much as" he does these parties. He
Is willing that the work of destruc-
t!on-the making of criminals-go
on till the Third Party" gets into
power. Does he voice the feelings
OF the members of that party? Ii
he does the rest are not so frank
as to confess it..
In a former letter to the Free
man, q. W. stated that the Repub-
licar members of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania had concluded to
vote for sending down a Constitu-